266: The Spell of No Winning Streak
Link's scoring performance in the fourth quarter was great, he was unstoppable. Truth be told, he deserves to be named to the All-Star starting lineup. ”
At the post-match press conference, Ray. Aaron gave Link a very positive assessment. Pierce, another player who attended the press conference, chose to use the praise on Jimmy. Butler.
'I didn't know who he was when he came on, I didn't know anything about him. But after a few minutes of confrontation, I completely remembered the guy's name. Admittedly, Jimmy. Butler caused me huge trouble. If Link is the culprit who kills the game, then Jimmy. Butler was an accomplice. ”
The whole press conference seemed to have turned into a meeting of the old players to the young players. But Link and Jimmy. Butler's performance was indeed outstanding, and Ray Butler was indeed outstanding. Neither Aaron nor Pierce were embarrassed.
As for the Grizzlies, Hollins attended the press conference alone, answered a few questions hastily, and left in a hurry.
After all, the Grizzlies players have to fly more than three hours from Boston on the East Coast to San Antonio tonight, and they don't have much time to delay.
The players went back to the locker room, took a shower and changed their clothes, and barely rested, headed for San Antonio.
In the evening, the reporters found Jimmy at the airport. Butler walked into the gate with three or four bags on his body. There is no doubt that he is helping the veteran players carry their bags. Rookies helping veterans carry bags is not uncommon in the NBA, and it is almost the default rule of all teams.
As for Jimmy. Butler is helping which bigwig is carrying the bag, the reporters do not know......
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On the plane, most of the players were asleep. Only Jimmy. Butler still opened his eyes, and he was very excited!
In tonight's game, when he defended Pierce again and again, and Pierce showed a surprised expression, Jimmy. Butler was filled with a sense of accomplishment.
Even now, when I think about these images, Butler finds it very refreshing.
Thinking of this, Butler couldn't help but turn his head to look at Link. Link, who was sitting diagonally behind Butler, had been asleep for a long time, and he fell asleep almost as soon as he got on the plane.
After all, Link was the man who played the most minutes for the Grizzlies today, playing a full 41 minutes. Moreover, on both offensive and defensive ends, Link has a heavy responsibility.
Without his efforts, there would be no thunder. Allen had a 28.6% shooting percentage. Without his efforts, there would not have been the 10 points in the final quarter that set the winning game.
Effort, this became Link's most recognizable label in Butler's eyes.
Butler is a very old-school player who values "status" a lot.
It's not that he always wants to be the boss, it's that the old players are very respected.
Although Link only came to the Grizzlies a year before him, he is technically his predecessor. What's more, whether Link still pulls him to practice with him makes Butler have great respect for Link.
Today Link said that he asked Butler to carry the bag, which was originally just a joke. Unexpectedly, in the end, Butler was stunned and hung up all of Link's bag.
Butler curses you so much for Link because of Link's hard-working trait, which Butler admires very, very much.
Butler knew that tomorrow night in San Antonio, a tough battle awaited them.
So, he gradually calmed down and closed his eyes.
If he has another chance to play alongside Link tomorrow, Butler doesn't want to be in poor shape because of lack of sleep.
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Link didn't wake up until 10 o'clock the next day, which was a very late sleep for Link, who wasn't always the first to arrive at the training ground and often started training in the early hours of the morning.
Although the Grizzlies only started training in the afternoon today, Link still hurriedly got up and washed up, not wanting to delay any longer.
Link looked out the window and felt a little incredulous. Twelve hours ago, he was in the North Shore Gardens with the Greenshirts, but at this moment, he is in San Antonio.
In the end, what a perverted person can arrange such a heart-wrenching schedule. With such a long distance, even traveling can be tiring, let alone playing.
Instead of complaining, Link turned on his phone and swiped through today's basketball news.
To Link's relief, Jimmy. Butler appears in the news with a high frequency today. It seems that yesterday's game was indeed a small fire for Butler.
As for Link's own reports, of course, there are quite a few, and most of them are positive. After all, yesterday even Ray, who was in opposition to Link. Aaron has acknowledged his excellence.
But Link, as always, is not interested in these, whether it is denigration or praise, it is temporary.
As he brushed up, Link flipped to a few news stories related to today's game.
"Since the No. 24 Grizzlies lost to the Trail Blazers last month, they've been on a one-lose-win-one-loser, one-lose-win-one-game rhythm. For nearly half a month, without exception! The Grizzlies don't have a losing streak, but they don't have a winning streak either. This is no accident. That's because, Grizzlies usually only have one tough fight. After one game, their form becomes very bad. So I think tonight in San Antonio, the Grizzlies still can't win. They only fought the Celtics to the end yesterday, and they haven't slept well after running all night, and they are about to compete with the hard-to-mess Spurs. Seriously, the odds of the Grizzlies winning are too slim! ”
The report went viral and was hyped up as a "curse" by fans and the media.
The Grizzlies can't win on a winning streak, so they just won against the Celtics, and they can't beat the Spurs today. Plus before, the Grizzlies have lost to the Spurs twice. As a result, many San Antonio fans even left comments on the Internet saying, "We're all starting to celebrate the victory early." ”
Looking at these nonsensical reports, Link shook his head. He now finally understands why Durant would open a special account to scare people on the Internet. Sometimes the remarks of the online media and fans are really annoying.
But open a small account, open a small account, but forget to switch accounts will be embarrassing......
But one thing to say, tonight's game is really not good. How strong Spurs are this season, Link has already experienced twice.
Parker and Ginobili are still in shape, and Duncan, the old monster, is even back in shape! The form of a player who is almost 40 years old can still pick up, Link has really never seen such a pervert.
On the basis that GDP did not collapse, the Spurs also welcomed Leonard, Danny this season. The rise of players such as Green and Split.
No exorbitant draft picks, no big trades, but the Spurs can take the team to the next level, and that's where they excel.
As soon as he thought about the tragic circumstances that could happen tonight, Link wanted to cry without tears. He silently walked out of the room, ready to go to the masseur to help him with his health.
This masseur is not another masseuse, and this health care is not another health care.
But as soon as Link went out, he found Jimmy. Butler just walked out the door. The two were stunned for a few seconds, and finally Butler greeted first, "Hello, Lin, how was the rest?" ”
"Not bad, where are you going?"
"Go to the supermarket and buy something, together?"
Link nodded and followed. I always think about the game all day long, but I'm going to get sick. I can't go to a nightclub, and I go to the supermarket to pinch a few packs of instant noodles, which is also excellent......